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Earth Week Across Cities Promotes Carfree Observance
New York Mayor John Y. Lindsay led a carless Madison Avenue stroll as part of Earth Week. The city’s 70 degree day drew thousands to a weeklong car ban from 42nd to 57th Streets. University of Maine students cleaned, then held a dusk bonfire. Omaha Mayor Eugene Leahy’s car failed a hydrocarbon emission test at Westside High School. Georgia Conservancy donated Panola Mountain as a 51 acre wilderness park. Washington rally urged preservation of a post office building. Former Secretary Orville Freeman urged public support for Earth Week.
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New York
John Y. Lindsay
Madison Avenue
University of Maine
Presque Isle
Milwaukee
Wis
Omaha
Eugene Leahy
Westside High School
Leahy
Georgia Conservancy
Panola Mountain
Washington, D. C
Dmn
Westerville
Ohio
Orville Freeman